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This book offers a snappy but comprehensive investigation of how the resource needs of today could become the resource conflicts of tomorrow. As the most populous country in the world, the security of China's "rice bowl" is not only a top political priority for China's policymakers but increasingly a critical global concern as the country emerges as a leading food importer and a major player in outward agricultural investment. This book sheds light on China's efforts, both at home and abroad, to safeguard its food security and how these efforts will affect global food systems. This book will be of interest to industry analysts, institutional investors, and scholars of China's global rise.
List of contents
1. Feeding China.- 2. Paradigm Shift in China's Food Security Strategy.- 3. Scaling Up and Cleaning up the Farmland.- 4. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) as the New Hope.- 5. Fishing for Food.- 6. Looking South for Rice.- 7. Marching West for "Bread".- 8. Food Power in the Context of Sino-American Rivalry.- 9. Creating China's Global Agribusinesses.- 10. A Hungry China and the Future Global Food Governance.
About the author
Hongzhou Zhang is a Research Fellow with the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His latest publications include
China and Transboundary Water Politics in Asia (2017) and the
China's Global Quest for Resources: Energy, Food and Water (2016). In addition, he has contributed papers to peer-reviewed journals such as the
Global Policy, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Marine Policy, Pacific Review, WIREs Water, International Journal of Water Resources Development, the
Copenhagen Journal of Asia Studies, Harvard Asia Quarterly, the
ISPI Analysis, and
Southeast Asia Studies.
Summary
This book offers a snappy but comprehensive investigation of how the resource needs of today could become the resource conflicts of tomorrow. As the most populous country in the world, the security of China’s “rice bowl” is not only a top political priority for China’s policymakers but increasingly a critical global concern as the country emerges as a leading food importer and a major player in outward agricultural investment. This book sheds light on China’s efforts, both at home and abroad, to safeguard its food security and how these efforts will affect global food systems. This book will be of interest to industry analysts, institutional investors, and scholars of China's global rise.
